Hi Paul, I use Thumbies on my LHT with a Nitto Noodle bar :
http://g7.smugmug.com/gallery/2872175_ho7zX#154166176_EwBoV-L-LB The Thumbies take up a lot of real estate on the bar but I mounted another stem with a short bar lower: http://g7.smugmug.com/gallery/2892149_3kCZM#388307306_5GdAT-O-LB which has facilitated mounting a speedometer, bell and a very powerful (adjustable, 3 level) LED flashlight. At times it can be difficult to read the speedometer at that spot. I do consider all of this somewhat of a kludge but I answer lamely, "It works for me," and someday perhaps I will straighten it all out and make it look nice but for now, using the LHT as a commuter, I am satisfied with the result, if not with the form. It also worked fine last summer for short tours where, for me, form is not even a factor. Results are all that matter on tour - whatever works. The flashlight is easily demountable - it is wedged into air conditioning pipe foam wrap and then held (tied) tight with stretchy 1/8 inch elastic line from West Marine. What I anticipate is that I will make a bracket to mount the flashlight down on the front rack or maybe under the front rack and it will look better. For now having the flashlight close, where I can reach it to change settings as I ride, is a good thing because the setting I use to start out (250 lumens) is too bright (for on-coming traffic) once I am about 4 miles into my commute and I switch down to 90 lumens which is still plenty bright. I like this setup and I would do it again (I like Thumbies) but it does have its obvious, superficial disadvantages in the configuration I have chosen. In practice the disadvantages are of little negative consequence for a result oriented rider. -jb On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Paul Sanders <clown.emp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm looking at my Nitto Noodles and these Sun Race shifters from Rivendell. > > Anyone running these (or Paul thumbies) on the tops of a drop bar? Do you > like them? > > I see that they need a longer bolt to fit around the road bar width. > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
